Published work (online)

Matilda is an experienced and widely published freelance journalist and cultural critic in Melbourne. Her work covers arts, entertainment, politics, mental health and feminism. She is the former staff writer for youth pop culture website Junkee, where she covered entertainment, politics and women's health.

You can find links to a selection of Matilda's work here, catalogued by publication.

Radio/PodcasT/Panels

Matilda has appeared regularly on panels for various writing festivals, as well as at The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne's centre for reading and ideas. She has also appeared on Radio National, ABC Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane and other radio stations. She is also a regular guest on the lit and culture podcast The Rereaders.

The Wheeler Centre

In 2018 Matilda appeared on a panel co-presented by The Wheeler Centre and The New York Times, Reporting The Gender Reckoning. Alongside NYT's Gender Matters director Francesca Donner and moderator Sophie Black, Matilda discussed the failure, achievement and ambition in reporting gender today.

Watch the full panel recording below.

Listen to Matilda's presentation on the roles and responsibilities of news satire TV at the Wheeler Centre's Breakfast Club, as part of Next Wave Festival 2014, here.

Radio National

Listen to Matilda's appearance for 'Modern Dilemma', on RN's Life Matters program with host Amanda Smith, here.